THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 15, 1937.
In this regulation, "erected and maintained" includes the provision of such mosquito-proofing as the Director of Medical Services may in any case prescribe.
3. In every lines each labourer shall be allotted not less than 35 square feet of habitable floor space and 350 cubic feet of unobstructed air space not less than ten feet in height, and no labourer shall be housed or permitted to sleep in any lines in contravention of this regulation.
4.-(1) On the report of a health officer the Director of Medical Services may by notice in writing require any employer to cleanse, disinfect, whitewash, demolish, remove, alter, repair, enlarge or replace any lines in his control.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such notice may prescribe-
(a) the time within which the requirement shall be fulfilled;
(b) the site to which the lines shall be removed;
(c) the nature of the alterations or repairs to be made or the manner in which and the extent to which the lines shall be enlarged or replaced;
(d) that no labourer, or not more than the number of labourers stated in the notice shall be permitted to occupy the lines pending such demolition, removal, alteration, repair, enlargement or replacement.
5.-(1) The employer in control of any lines shall keep the lines and a space of not less than 200 feet round the lines in such a state as not to favour the breeding or harbour- ing of mosquitoes and in particular shall therein-
(a) keep the lines and space clear of empty tins and other receptacles capable of retaining water and prevent the accumulation of such receptacles except in a place suitable for their disposal and in such manner that they do not retain water;
(6) prevent the formation of pools containing water and any excavation calculated to retain water;
(c) keep every cistern, water-butt or other receptacle used for storing water clean and covered or protected in such manner as to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
(2) On the report of a health officer the Director of Medical Services may by notice in writing require any employer to take such action as may be specified in the notice, within a stated time, to prevent the breeding or harbouring of mosquitoes in or near any pond, tank, well, spring, seepage, drain, stream, water-logged ground or swamp or other collection of water on any land in the employer's control on which any lines are erected, or on any unleased Crown land within 1,000 yards of any lines in his control.
An appeal to the Governor in Council from any require- ment of the Director of Medical Services under this regula- tion shall lie within fourteen days of the date of the notice.
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